George Pólya: Collected Papers, Volume 4: Probability; Combinatorics; Teaching And Learning In Mathematics (mathematicians Of Our Time)
by George Pólya /
1984 / English / PDF
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This volume completes the publication of the collected papers of
George Pólya, one of the most influential mathematicians and
teachers of our time. Volumes I (
This volume completes the publication of the collected papers of
George Pólya, one of the most influential mathematicians and
teachers of our time. Volumes I (Singularities of Analytic
Functions
Singularities of Analytic
Functions) and II (
) and II (Location of Zeros
Location of Zeros) were published in
1974.
) were published in
1974.
Volume IV presents 20 papers on probability, 17 on combinatorics,
and 18 on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Pólya has made
a number of fundamental contributions to the first two fields,
including perhaps the first use of the term "central limit
theorem," but his major influence on mathematics has clearly been
his approach to pedagogy. Many of the papers throughout these
volumes have a strongly pedagogical flavor, but the papers in the
third section of this volume focus squarely on the real business of
how to do mathematics—how to formulate a problem and then create a
solution.
Volume IV presents 20 papers on probability, 17 on combinatorics,
and 18 on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Pólya has made
a number of fundamental contributions to the first two fields,
including perhaps the first use of the term "central limit
theorem," but his major influence on mathematics has clearly been
his approach to pedagogy. Many of the papers throughout these
volumes have a strongly pedagogical flavor, but the papers in the
third section of this volume focus squarely on the real business of
how to do mathematics—how to formulate a problem and then create a
solution.
This volume is the twenty-third in the series Mathematicians of Our
Time, edited by Gian-Carlo Rota.
This volume is the twenty-third in the series Mathematicians of Our
Time, edited by Gian-Carlo Rota.
